LOS ANGELES — The Rockies don’t need a lineup. It’s more like a roll call before each game to see who’s available. One night after their bench was so depleted that reliever Guillermo Moscoso hit, the Rockies lost two more players Saturday.

Jason Giambi is done for the season with a hernia in his right groin. Tyler Colvin might not play again after he was scratched from the lineup with a swollen left elbow. There was no explanation about why Colvin’s elbow ballooned, but it left the Rockies with one available reserve: Jonathan Herrera.

The Rockies will discuss adding a player for Sunday and the final three games in Arizona. Until then, pitchers will keep hitting unless the Rockies relent and bring up another player.

Tyler Chatwood batted before exiting after four innings, taking the loss as the Rockies fell 3-0 at Dodger Stadium.

The defeat was the Rockies’ 96th, setting a franchise record.

Turning point. The Dodgers are clinging to their postseason dream with white knuckles. The victory moved them to within two games of the Cardinals for the final wild-card spot with four games remaining. Matt Kemp shoved the Dodgers ahead and electrified the rowdy crowd with a 461-foot home run in the fourth inning. He added another homer in the eighth.

On the mound. Gotta love baseball when a pitcher named Homer (Bailey) has a no-hitter and a guy named (Josh) Outman doesn’t. Outman posted another strong relief outing for the Rockies, recording four outs. He’s emerging as a left-handed weapon in the bullpen, though he would still like to compete for a starting spot in spring training.

What it means. The Rockies need to call up a bench player — Tommy Field, anyone? — to finish the season. It’s hard enough to win, let alone when opposing teams have twice as many reserves at their disposal.

Troy joined The Denver Post in 2002 as the Rockies' beat writer and became a Broncos beat writer in 2014 before assuming the lead role before the 2015 season. He is a past president of the local chapter of Baseball Writers Association of America and has won more than 20 local and national writing awards since graduating from the University of Colorado journalism school with honors in 1993.

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